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Chang’e-6 Mission’s Lunar Soil Samples
September 27 , 2024
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- This year, China became the first and so far, the only country to collect samples from the far side of the Moon.
- It collected over 1.9 kg (4.26 pounds) of lunar material from the South Pole-Aitken basin, the Moon’s largest, deepest, and oldest impact basin.
- The study discovered that the far side is composed of basalts and foreign ejecta, distinct from previously collected lunar samples.
- The soil also contains more light-coloured particles like feldspar and glass compared to the samples collected by the 2020 Chang'e 5 near side mission.
- This shows that the far side of the moon has experienced a variety of volcanic and impact events, making its history different from other parts of the moon.
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